Ransom v. McCurley
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District; —heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. C. Epler, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
This was an action for slander, in which the plaintiff recovered $3000 damages. On appeal to the Appellate Court the judgment was affirmed, and the defendant below prosecutes this writ of error.
The first point made is, that there is a material variance between the allegations of the declaration and proofs. We are of opinion that it is too late to avail of error in that regard, if it exists. The declaration, in varying language, set out the alleged slander, with proper inducement and innuendoes, imputing that the plaintiff, an unmarried woman, was pregnant, and guilty of fornication. To charge…
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